So ‘There Will Be Blood’ being scheduled for next weekend I will have seen each of this years Best Picture OScar nominees. At the point I’ll review each of the 5 contenders. Nevertheless I want to mark seeing ‘Juno’ last night, absolutely the most fun I have had at the movies this year so far. Uplifting, heartful and laced with biting sharp dialogue, its treatment of the characters and the issues is intelligent and insightful. I’ve chosen 5 quotes to give some sense of the humour on show, though there is no matching the great delivery from the great performers.

Leah: (On viewing an ultrasound) Woah check out baby big head. That thing is freaky looking.
Juno MacGuff: Excuse me? I am a sacred vessel, alright? All you’ve got in your stomach is Taco Bell.

Juno MacGuff: I’m just gonna go ahead an nip this thing in the bud. Cuz you know, they say pregnancy often leads to, you know…
[brief pause]
Juno MacGuff: …infants.

Vanessa Loring: Your parents are probably wondering where you are.
Juno MacGuff: Nah… I mean, I’m already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans could I get into?

Gerta Rauss: So how far along are you?
Juno MacGuff: I’m a junior.

Juno MacGuff: Hi, I’m calling to procure a hasty abortion…